Adjustable horse.



FRANKLIN B. FEASE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO BOUTELL MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

PARING-MAGHIN E.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 25, 1909.

Patented Feb. 21, 1911. Serial No. 514,627.

knives thereof, and it has for. an object to provide a construction which will render the machine more efiicient by eliminating all clogging of the knife.

To this and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements and combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the knife attached to a paring machine of the type shown in the patent to William H. Bout-ell, No. 693,778, dated February 18, 1902; Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively front and rear views of the knife head or support; and Figs. 4L and 5 are respectively sections on line aa of Fig. 3 and line 12-?) of F ig.4.

The knives of paring machines as at present constructed are defective because the parings become wedged between the knife blade and the guard causing the fruit or article next operated upon by the knife to be pared but partially. In this invention thls objection is overcome by clearing the knlfe by means of a relative movement between the guard and the knife after each paring operation.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings 1 indicates a supporting device or fork which is rotated by any suitable means to rotate the fruit while the latter is operated upon by the knife which, in this instance, is suspended by a stem 2 yieldingly supported on a swinging arm 3 that is operated in the manner set forth in the before mentioned patentto carry the knife 4 in an arc of a circle and in engagement with the fruit in a manner well known.

Preferably the knife is fixed or rigid with the support or head which comprises in this instance a pair of arms 5 connected at one of their ends by a bar 6 having screw threaded engagement with the stem '2, and at the other of their ends by a cross piece 7 havmg openings with screw threaded walls engaged by clamping screws 8 to detachably secure the knife to the knife support.

In this instance the guard 9 which limits the thickness of the paring is moved out of cooperative relation with the knife after each paring operation. Preferably the guard 9 is carried by a pivoted guard support 10 operating between the arms 5 on a pivot pin 11 connecting said arms, the guard being detachably connected to its support as by a screw 12 and plate 13 in order that it may be replaced by a new one when it has worn out. This is very desirable when the parer is used on apples as the acid in the latter makes necessary the frequent renewal of the guard and also the knife blade.

The guard lies transverse to the plane of the blade and is movable substantially in planes parallel with the blade plane so that when the knife is moved toward the fruit the guard will first be engaged and carried into cooperative relation with the knife, its inward movement being limited by abutments 14 formed on the arms 5, said arms also being provided with devices in the form of projections 15 to prevent the shifting of the guard on its holder during the paring operation.

The automatic shifting of the guard away from the knife blade may be accomplished in any suitable manner but preferably a spring 16 is employed in the form of a helix surrounding the pin 11 and having one end engaging the knife support and the other end engaging the guard support, the outward movement of the guard being limited by a stop 17 projecting from the front face of the knife support.

' A knife constructed in accordance with this invention insures the clearing of the knife after each paring operation as the guard and the knife are separated to provide plenty of clearance through which the parings may drop. The illustrated construction for accomplishing the above objects is simple in operation and its parts are so constructed that they will not get out of order and are inexpensive to manufacture.

I claim as my invention:

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ADJUSTABLE HORSE.

' APPLICATION FILED APR. 23,1910. 984,845, Patented Feb.-21,1911.

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ADJUSTABLE HORSE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 23, 1910.

Patented Feb. 21, 1911. Serial No. 557,230.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPI-IAN PIcnLEn, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Adjustable Horses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a horse of novel construction which is adjustable both as to height and length and which is composed of detachable parts that may be readily assembled or disconnected.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a horse embodying my invention, Fig. 2 an enlarged cross section thereof, Figs. 3 and 4 are details of the braces, Fig. 5 is a detail of the runningboard support, Fig. 6 a side view of the horse showing it provided with an extension, Fig. 7 a similar View of a modification of Fig. 6, and Fig. 8 a cross section 011 line SS, Fig. 7.

The upper longitudinal beam of the horse is supported by two sets of diverging legs, each of which is composed of an upper member 10 and a lower overlapping member 11. The lower member is longitudinally adjustable along the upper member by means of upper and lower straps 12, 13 connected respectively to one of said members and straddling the other member, the lower straps 13 being provided with clamp screws 14. Upper members 10 are furnished at their upper ends with tongues 15 that removably engage sockets 16 secured to the upper longitudinal beam, so that in this way the legs can be readily detached from the latter. It is preferred to form this longitudinal beam likewise of two overlapping members 17 connected by straps 18, one of said members being supported by one of the leg pairs while the other member is supported by the other leg pair, so that in this way the device is ad justable in length as well as in height.

A pair of removable diverging braces 19 having a transverse strut 20 extend from each of the beam members 17 to the upper members 10 of the corresponding legs, each brace carrying at its upper end a notched plate 21 engaged by a clamp screw 22 tapped into beam member 17, while the lower end of the brace is connected to leg members 10 by clamp screws 23. It will be seen that by knocked down.

slacking screws 22, 23 the braces can be disconnected whenever the horse is to be In order to clear screws 23 during the adjustment of the legs, straps 12 should be slot-ted as at 24.

The horse constructed as described is well adapted for the support of drawing boards, etc., and when made in larger sizes may also be utilized for carrying working mens or artisans platforms, etc. In the latter case, the horse may be provided with vertically adjustable means for sustaining a running board or auxiliary platform that enables workmen to operate from a lower level. These means consist of arms 25 provided at one end with a pair of swiveled jaws 26 which are adapted to straddle the legs and to be clamped thereto by screws 27. By swiveling jaws 26 toarms 25 the former may be readily adjusted to conform to the inclination of the legs so that in this way, arms 25 may be always sustained in a horizontal position.

If the horse is to be utilized for supporting a platform of considerable width, it is provided with a longitudinal extension as illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7. In Fig. 6 an extensible sectional beam 28 alined with beam 17 is supported at its outer end by legs 29 while its inner end is adapted to be coupled to one of the ends of beam 17. This coupling is shown to consist of a Z-shaped plate 30 permanently connected to beam 28 by screws 31 and removably coupled to beam 17 by screw 32.

In Fig. 7 are indicated the inner ends of a pair of spaced horses connected by an intervening beam or bridge piece This beam is removably connected to beam 17 by means of the plates 30 and screws 31, 32 previously described. Beam 33 is also composed of two extensible sections which are pre vented from sagging by centrally disposed removable legs 34L. The tongues 35 of these legs enter sockets 36 formed on the sides of a strap 37 that straddles beam 33 and may be tightened up bya bolt 38.

It is to be understood that Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate the horse diagrannnatically only, the salient features shown in Figs. 1-5 being omitted for the sake of greater clearness.

I claim:

In combination with two horses, an intermediate device comprising two beams adsecuring it to the corresponding end of the justably clamped to each other by a strap adjacent horses. 10 having means for tightening it on said Signed by me at New York city, N. Y., beams, said strap having sockets on two 0pthis 22nd day of April, 1910.

posite sides and legs, the upper ends of STEPHAN PIOHLER. which are received in said sockets; the said -Witnesses: V beams having one at one end and the other FRANK v. BRIESEN,

at the opposite end, means for detachably ARTHUR E. ZUMPE. 

